The Shim Tax: The Hidden Engineering Costs of Hybrid Cloud
Strategic Integrity Verified This strategic advisory has passed the Rack2Cloud 3-Stage Vetting Process: Market-Analyzed, TCO-Modeled, and Contract-Anchored. No vendor marketing influence. See our Editorial Guidelines. LAST VALIDATED: Jan 2026 TARGET SCOPE: FinOps / Hybrid Engineering STATUS: Forensic Analysis I recently audited a client’s AWS bill that had spiraled out of control. They hadn’t spun up…